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How do med schools view honors students? Do they view them as better than regular students or are they judged on an equal playing field?
How do med schools view honors students? Do they view them as better than regular students or are they judged on an equal playing field?
What about a student who is getting their honors degree? This entails doing a 12-credit laboratory based research semester and writing a thesis + a 3 credit course before this research semester that involves doing an in depth literature search to develop the thesis proposal?
The research will help you. The honors designation won't.What about a student who is getting their honors degree? This entails doing a 12-credit laboratory based research semester and writing a thesis + a 3 credit course before this research semester that involves doing an in depth literature search to develop the thesis proposal?
If you had honors classes designated on your official transcript, then AMCAS will place a nice H after your grade and and "Honors" under the Course Type. But no added weight is given to the grade. Unless one was comparing your transcript to another from the same college, it doubt it would have much impact on an adcomm.How do med schools view honors students? Do they view them as better than regular students or are they judged on an equal playing field?